[Found here and here. The first one is my own morph, original image found here.]
Posts Tagged ‘car’
The .Gif Friday Post No. 453 – Stained Glass WTF, Frida Kahlo & School Lunch
Friday, 23 September 2016The .Gif Friday Post No. 445 – Demolition Demon, Roll Survivor & Rock This Way
Friday, 29 July 2016
The .Gif Friday Post No. 435 – Butt Heads, Squirrel Splat & Subway Siren
Friday, 20 May 2016
The .Gif Post No. 383 – Animals of Africa, Vehicular Gas Emissions & Trash Girl
Friday, 27 March 2015
Kid got some dawg in ‘im.
Thursday, 12 March 2015
[Found in here. Click it for full size awesome.]
1952 Ariel Square Four Wood Racer
Sunday, 18 January 2015
More than one person actually built one of those vehicles, and one of the cars is in a museum in St. Louis, Missouri (oh, and check out that 1956 prediction of a Smart Phone).
We bet that most people are only faintly aware that the Ariel motorcycle brand existed at all. There was a time, though, when the British company was a pioneer in new and exciting technologies, innovating where others were content to soldier forward with tried-and-true methods. In fact, its eventual failure was due in part to its futuristic designs. For instance, Ariel introduced the world to its Square Four motorcycle in 1931. Named for its oddly-shaped engine architecture that placed four cylinders in a box pattern, the Square Four was completely unlike anything else offered at the time and used two sets of pistons mated at the flywheel inside a single engine block that was capped by a single head casting. Different to say the least, but ultimately pretty successful for Ariel, which went on to sell over 15,000 of the bikes before production ceased in 1959.
An interesting home-built hotrod has just shown up on eBay that mates this classic engine to a custom wooden body designed by – get this – a boat builder. The vehicle itself was inspired by a Modern Mechanix Magazine article from the ’50s and features a French connection by way of suspension components from a Citroen. Cadillac bullet-shaped tail lights may look a little out of place, but are nothing if not period correct.
[Found here, via here. Related post here.] Oh, and did you spot that “Phone of Tomorrow? The prediction wasn’t far off. Link at the link.
The .Gif Friday Post No.356 – Automotive Oinks, Extreme Cat Yoga & Goat Head Spin
Friday, 21 November 2014
Nothing Much Happened Today.
Monday, 10 March 2014
[Found in here.]
Dawg Ridin’ Dirty
Thursday, 6 February 2014
[Found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Bustin’ Off The Ice, Japanese Graduation Ceremony, The Third Degree & The Heavy
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Incomprehensible Japanese Graduation Ceremony is awesome. [via]
The Third Degree is an Aussie band specializing in retro R&B and does it well. That lead singer’s got the vibe of early James Brown and Smokey Robinson, backed up by the Bar-Kays.
The Heavy has a great mix of funk, soul & swamp rock style (even though they blatently stole from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins).
I heard that the SuperBowl is coming up. Chili by 3, Broncos by 10. Have a great weekend, folks, see you tomorrow.
